A sedition case against Penjore, a businessman, was perhaps one of the most keenly watched legal cases in recent times in Bhutan

The Bhutanese government is all set to legalize the sale of tobacco products in the country as smuggling of the same--fueled by the ban-- from its southern borders risks the spread of the COVID-19

Bhutan, a country that gives primacy  to gross national happiness (GNH) over gross domestic product (GDP),  has seen a steady rise in suicide cases

Bhutan’s national council, the upper house of parliament, has passed the Civil Society Organizations (Amendment) Bill 2021, proposing the government to provide adequate resources to these organizations in the country

Bhutan has received $500000 in emergency grant assistance from the SAARC Development Fund (SDF) to boost the country’s response to the Covid019 pandemic. The amount is fifty percent of the total grant it will receive from the SDF

Bhutan is likely to miss the 8-12 weeks deadline for the second dose of the Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine as the government has not managed to procure vaccines so far

Tenzin Thomey, a 14-year-old student in Bhutan, suffers from Fanconi Anemia-- a rare inherited blood disorder that leads to bone marrow failure

The Bhutan parliament has suspended its summer session, which began on 27 May after the announcement of a 72-hour lockdown in Thimphu on June 12

Thimphu, Bhutan’s capital, has gone into a three-day lockdown, starting from Sunday evening, as a child tested positive for Covid-19 on an antigen test, raising fear of suspected community transmission

Bhutanese lawmakers have questioned the government policy of providing credit to businesses, alleging that business projects in few cities were given preference over those from other districts

As cases of the Covid-19 continue to surge in the southern district of Phuentsholing in Bhutan, the government is now exploring the possibility of relocating students to other relatively safer cities as schools remain closed for more than 50 days

Bhutan’s external debt is estimated to reach $3.11 billion by the end of June 2021, an increase of 5.8 percent from the last year, according to the country’s annual budget report 2021-22. In June 2020, it was around $2.94 billion

Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering has said his government hoped to begin administering the second shot of Covid 19 vaccine to the kingdom’s eligible population in four weeks

The Bhutanese government has unveiled a budget of Nu 80 billion (USD 1,10,50,68,800) for the fiscal year 2021-22 aimed at maintaining public confidence and sustaining economic activities amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Kuensel reported

Bhutanese Health Minister Dechen Wangmo has been elected as the president of the World Health Assembly (WHA), a forum of the World Health Organization with 194 countries as its member states, thus becoming the first Bhutanese to be the president of the global health body